Prostate position variability and dose-volume histograms in radiotherapy for prostate cancer with full and empty bladder

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 856-861

  Pinkawa, Michael ^a,b   Asadpour, Branka ^a   Gagel, Bernd ^a   Piroth, Marc D ^a   Holy, Richard ^a   Eble, Michael J ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Organ motion; Prostate neoplasm; Radiotherapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

ORGAN MOTION; PROSTATE NEOPLASM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HISTOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; SEMINAL VESICLE; SUPINE POSITION;

HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PELVIC BONES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLES; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER; URINE;

EID: 31844439274     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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